遲日

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (遲日)		遲	日
simp. (迟日)		迟	日

Etymology

Formed based on a line in the poem Qi Yue in the Classic of Poetry:

春日遲遲，采蘩祁祁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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春日迟迟，采蘩祁祁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Chūnrì chíchí, cǎi fán qíqí. [Pinyin]

As the spring days lengthen out,
They gather in crowds the white southernwood.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chírì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄖˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chírì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhrìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-jih⁴
    • Yale: chŕ-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrryh
    • Palladius: чижи (čiži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drij nyit

Rime
Character	遲	日
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直尼切	人質切
Baxter	drij	nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/	/ȵiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/	/ȵit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/	/ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/	/ȵit̚/
Li Rong	/ȡji/	/ȵiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ȡi/	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4	jat6

Noun

遲日

1. (literary) spring days; spring

Synonyms

• 春日 (chūnrì)